Nearly two weeks since iPhone 4 was launched, it is still a challenge for hackers to unlock this product and the price for an unlocked iPhone 4 in Vietnam is falling.

CEO Apple Steve Jobs introduced 4G iPhone on June 7 in San Francisco. This product was available in the US on June 24.

The winds have reversed. iPhone 4 is now offered for sale on online forums at prices similar to the US base price instead of the towering figures prices of its first ten days.

On Handheld forum, the lowest price offered for an iPhone 4 16GB is around 15 million dong. Two weeks ago the lowest was 25-30 million dong.

The fall of the iPhone 4 price is very fast in comparison with iPhone 3G because it is very adventurous to spend over $1000 to buy a phone that can’t be used for communication yet. Users are also worried about recently-discovered errors in the new product’s reception.

At the same time, the price for the international version of iPhone 4 is very high, from 33 to 40 million dong/unit. While foreign stores are out of the international version, it is selling slowly in Vietnam since users are waiting for VinaPhone’s distribution of iPhone 4.

The iPhone 4 was unveiled at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in the US in early June. The phone went on sale in several countries later this month at retail prices of US$199-299.

Only hours after the announcement, local wireless carrier Vinaphone said it would distribute the new iPhone in July. Vinaphone, together with military-run telecom Viettel, has sold previous versions of the iPhone since March, but sales have been sluggish.

Vuong Long